PAYPAL INC

3,106 Green card sponsorships · 12,634 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #35 of 332,896 US employers by PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ volume
3,119 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
99.6% Green-card sponsorship rate 3,106 green-card filings / 3,119 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
405.1% Work-visa application rate 12,634 work-visa filings / 3,119 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
504.6% Visa applications vs workforce Combined visa applications vs total workforce · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 3,119 U.S. employees
  • 57% Green-card filings certified 1,756 of 3,106 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    26 Applications denied of 3,106 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    40 Applications withdrawn of 3,106 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings 15,740 filings · last Jun 2026 · #1 of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · #35 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    505% Visa filings vs workforce 15,740 filings / 3,119 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +146% Trend vs last year FY2025 300 vs FY2024 122
    #1 Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 15,740 filings · #1 of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2025
    #35 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 15,740 filings · #35 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    3,106 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    12,634 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    #63 Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 10,731 filings / 3,119 employees (2025, self-reported) · #63 of 5,190 of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    #74 Work-visa filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 7,625 filings / 3,119 employees (2025, self-reported) · #74 of 3,679 of 3,679 in Finance & Insurance with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Post-layoff filing increase

452 immigration filings in the 2 years after a 200-worker WARN notice (replacement ratio 226.0%, peak 12.0x baseline)

Baseline (2015-2018 avg)
24.2
WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ year 2019 - 200 workers
Post- WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ peak (2020-2021)
292

Replacement ratio: 226.0% · spike multiplier: 12.04x baseline

Temporal How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

76% of 1,873 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,993)

Immigration How this is calculated →

Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

Certified

1,756

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ approvals

Expired

1,284

42.2% rate

Denied

26

0.8% rate

Withdrawn

40

1.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications PAYPAL INC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 60 filingsFY2009 Q1: 38 filingsFY2010 Q1: 99 filingsFY2011 Q1: 88 filingsFY2012 Q1: 129 filingsFY2013 Q1: 68 filingsFY2015 Q1: 35 filingsFY2015 Q2: 44 filingsFY2015 Q3: 26 filingsFY2015 Q4: 68 filingsFY2016 Q1: 5 filingsFY2016 Q2: 120 filingsFY2016 Q3: 77 filingsFY2016 Q4: 47 filingsFY2017 Q1: 37 filingsFY2017 Q2: 38 filingsFY2017 Q3: 95 filingsFY2017 Q4: 57 filingsFY2018 Q1: 37 filingsFY2018 Q2: 60 filingsFY2018 Q3: 114 filingsFY2018 Q4: 25 filingsFY2019 Q1: 226 filingsFY2020 Q1: 8 filingsFY2020 Q2: 32 filingsFY2020 Q3: 183 filingsFY2020 Q4: 69 filingsFY2021 Q1: 26 filingsFY2021 Q2: 5 filingsFY2021 Q3: 106 filingsFY2021 Q4: 23 filingsFY2022 Q1: 26 filingsFY2022 Q2: 14 filingsFY2022 Q3: 120 filingsFY2022 Q4: 51 filingsFY2023 Q1: 125 filingsFY2023 Q2: 88 filingsFY2023 Q3: 35 filingsFY2023 Q4: 35 filingsFY2024 Q1: 32 filingsFY2024 Q2: 46 filingsFY2024 Q3: 44 filingsFY2025 Q1: 10 filingsFY2025 Q2: 65 filingsFY2025 Q3: 171 filingsFY2025 Q4: 54 filingsFY2026 Q1: 3 filingsFY2026 Q2: 45 filingsFY2026 Q3: 97 filings0113226FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

PAYPAL INC applied to sponsor 3,106 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2025. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

Recent layoff notices

PAYPAL INC has filed 10 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

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